19 November 2016

OSU™ Green Ship Recycling Facility

Together
with our partner shipyard we offer green ship recycling facilities in Aliaga,
Turkey. These facilities comply with the stringent rules of the

•Hong
Kong & Basel Conventions

•EU
Ship Recycling Regulations

•National
legislation

•ISO 30000:2009

Our
focus lies on recycling of semi-subs, offshore rigs and ships. Our facility is
set up to deal with the required procedures and through our collaboration with
top specialists and surveyors warrant a zero impact policy.

We
are Cash Buyers who have recognized the need for a responsible (green) ship
recycling programme, which includes contractual and procedural arrangements to
ensure that end-of-life ships and structures are recycled in a responsible
manner. Safety, occupational health, welfare and most important: environmental
protection is our first concern and are monitored at all times.

We have chosen Aliaga because here we have a
location that is not notorious for accidents and environmental disasters as
well as corruption. Even if the prices cannot meet the level of Along in India
or Chittagong in Bangladesh it is still attractive for ship owners and
operators especially for vessels that operate West of Suez. Once the vessel has
been delivered to the yard the scrap seller can rest assured as our own
inspectors from USA & Germany will follow the scrapping process through to
completion and file a summary about all material and its handling. A final
report will be filed and a copy will be made available online.

For
your general information here a description of what is involved from an article
published in the MarineInsight publication:

What is Green Ship Recycling?

“With
the rise in awareness towards marine environment, there have been several
changes in the process of ship breaking, which have given rise to a new term –
green ship recycling.

There
are several reasons that have made the concept of green ship recycling arise
but the main ones are:

•
To isolate those parts of the ship which are harmful and dangerous to both
marine and human environment

•
Reusing those parts of the ship that can be re-used successfully, thus saving
resources.

Main
components of the ship that are re-used include steel parts, machinery, life
saving equipment, and other parts in the interior of the ship. Green ship
recycling was initially carried out only by developed countries, however today,
even developing countries have started calculating with processes that promote
green ship breaking.

One
of the major harmful materials that are disposed of with the help of green ship
recycling processes is asbestos. Any great informational site about asbestos
will tell you that asbestos has been banned from being used in ships from the
past three decades. But the ships in which asbestos had been used initially
need to be recycled. Continuous exposure to asbestos can cause problems not
just to the marine life forms but also to the people aboard the ship. This is
why ships with asbestos need to be recycled with far more caution. Many green
ship recycling labs are so well equipped that the success rate for the disposal
of the harmful materials is nearly around 99%.

Apart
from US and the other developed countries in Europe, shipping concerns in
nations like China, India and Bangladesh also contribute substantially to the
process of green ship recycling.

Throughout
the world, seminars and symposiums are conducted in order to make more ship
builders and proprietors aware of the benefit of green ship breaking. In these
meetings and seminars, various feasible methods to carry out the process of
ship breaking are provided. These methods are cost efficient and help to ease
concerns about the process of ship recycling.

In order to become a part of the green ship
recycling process, a ship has to open a certain document known as the ‘Green
Passport’. This will carry through to the final ship breaking procedures. With
all this in mind it can be said that Green ship recycling because of its
success rate will become a fast growing sector within the marine industry in
the future. Added with the benefit of more technological developments, it can
be hoped that the process of ship breaking will become more efficient and feasible
to be implemented across many nations of the world.”

We would encourage any ship owner and
operator today to consider us as your partner for ship recycling and give us
the opportunity to quote for your vessels or offshore structures. We are
available also for decommissioning projects through to disposal of all material
involved. Our global network of companies that are active in all offshore and
shipping industries gives you a single partner to produce results that carry
peace of mind! Try us!